Annual Gala 2022
On Friday 30 september, we presented our Annual Gala. Have a look at the aftermovie and the photo reportage. A lively impression of Handel’s Acis and Galatea and the afterparty with a variety of musical moods in the foyers.
Every season we host a gala evening for our loyal audience members, donors and sponsors. This year for the first time we celebrated this event under its new name, the Annual Gala.
After a reception with champagne and macarons, the Main Hall was filled with a performance of Georg Friedrich Handel’s pastoral opera Acis and Galatea. The orchestra (in small, 18th-century form), the five soloists and the Netherlands Chamber Choir were conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón. The marvellously effective décor of Pierre Audi was lit beautifully by Urs Schönebaum.
The afterparty in the foyers had a surprise in store for the second half of the evening. Jazzy performances featuring orchestra members and other musicians with kaleidoscopic image projections in the Recital Hall and the Mirror Hall. The audience meeting Leonardo García Alarcón, Pierre Audi and violinist Susanne Niesporek in the Conductors’ Foyer. And everyone who wanted to could join the dancing in the Choir Hall until past midnight.
With this festive evening we thank our benefactors for their heartwarming involvement and invaluable support.
Annual Gala 2022
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Annual Gala 2022 (photo: Milagro Elstak) -
Reception in the Recital Hall (photo: Milagro Elstak) -
Concertgebouw Main Hall before the concert (photo: Milagro Elstak) -
Handel's Acis and Galatea under the baton of Leonardo García Alarcón (photo: Milagro Elstak) -
Keri Fuge (Galatea), Mark Milhofer (Acis) and Valerio Contaldo (Damon) (photo: Milagro Elstak) -
Sreten Manojlovic (Polypheme) (photo: Milagro Elstak) -
Mark Milhofer (Acis) and Keri Fuge (Galatea) (photo: Milagro Elstak) -
Leonardo García Alarcón (photo: Milagro Elstak) -
Nederlands Kamerkoor, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mark Milhofer (Acis), Keri Fuge (Galatea) and Sreten Manojlovic (Polypheme) (photo: Milagro Elstak) -
Guy Cutting, Mark Milhofer, Keri Fuge, Leonardo García Alarcón, Pierre Audi, Sreten Manojlovic, Valerio Contaldo (photo: Milagro Elstak) -
Afterparty in the Recital Hall (photo: Eduardus Lee) -
Double bass player Rob Dirksen and his CrashMen, the Alma Quartet and percussionist Herman Rieken in the Recital Hall (photo: Eduardus Lee) -
Artistic Director Ulrike Niehoff hosts a Meet the Artists, with conductor Leonardo García Alarcón, creative partner Pierre Audi and violonist Susanne Niesporek (photo: Eduardus Lee) -
Pierre Audi and Leonardo García Alarcón (photo: Eduardus Lee) -
Dance classics with dj Mees and his brother Stan on saxophone: The Brotherhood in the Choir Hall (photo: Eduardus Lee) -
Dj Mees and his brother Stan on saxophone: The Brotherhood in the Choir Hall (photo: Eduardus Lee) -
The end (photo: Eduardus Lee)
The production of Acis and Galatea is made possible by financial support of Ammodo and the Für Elise Fonds.